Also (and I admit this is kind of a personal peeve of mine) do we really need *yet another* anime pic for a generic character type? Why not use Marylin Monroe or Goldie Hawn? Or Kelly Bundy? Or anything else really.

SpiriTsunami: Is this really a Double Standard trope? Or, for that matter, is it even Always Female? I guess in practice, it is, but when I hear blonde jokes, they don't seem to differentiate between the two. Yes, the majority of them are about women, but in the jokes, they treat blonde guys as just as dumb. And from what I know, it's true.

Igloo Mc Coy: How is Buttercup a dumb blonde? She was boring, a little arrogant, and pretty useless, but I never saw her as unintelligent.

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